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China’s Communist Party
Latest news, analysis and opinion on the Communist Party of China which has ruled the country since 1949 and is currently led by General Secretary Xi Jinping. The party currently has over 90 million members and it began to admit private entrepreneurs into its ranks in 2001.
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on Wednesday that China’s UN missions also “serve a dual purpose as eyes and ears on the ground”. Photo: Reuters
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US lawmakers accuse China of using UN peacekeeping forces to spy on countries

Chinese peacekeeping roles are ‘concentrated in strategically sensitive regions’ to gain intelligence, House Foreign Affairs Committee told.

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Law

Why China’s ethnic unity law marks a shift towards assimilation

The law has been criticised by the EU and US, but Beijing says it is designed to build a sense of ‘national community’.

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Ethnic minority delegates leave the Great Hall of the People following asession of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, in Beijing on March 9. Photo: AP
China economy

As I see it | How the New Left won the battle of ideas for 21st-century China

Their revisionism challenges the neoliberal perspective which treats Maoist command economics and Deng-era capitalist reforms as diametrically opposed.

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China’s private sector

Chinese political journal calls for ‘patient capital’ amid AI investment frenzy

Communist Party journal runs three consecutive commentaries encouraging long-term perspective in funding for technological innovation.

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China consumption

China unveils retail road map: 5 years to shield physical stores from e-commerce

Beijing’s new 2030 retail road map targets price parity and social experiences to combat ‘trading down’ as retail growth hits weakest pace since pandemic.

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People are seen at the massive Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in China’s Hainan province. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong man pleads guilty to subversive promotion of pro-Taiwan party

Chan Ho-hin earlier called on Hongkongers to support and join the Revive the Republic of China Freedom Party in Taiwan.

Communist Party politics

As I see it | Sometimes, it pays to be a backward country

For all the destruction of the Mao era, it also replaced traditional structures with modern frameworks that set up China for rapid growth.

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Corruption in China

Video | Xi’s corruption crackdown by the numbers

A data-driven multimedia analysis of the anti-corruption campaign launched by President Xi Jinping, seen as key to the Communist Party’s survival.

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Xi’s corruption crackdown by the numbers
China jobs

‘No one watching’: China’s unemployed find sanctuary in Communist Party centres

Chinese jobseekers use free office space to establish routines and hide their employment status from families while looking for work.

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China's unemployed are using Communist Party community service centres as free office space to job hunt. Photo: Handout
China's population

Will reluctance from local government undermine reforms to China’s hukou system?

At present, millions of workers cannot register in the cities where they work, limiting access to services such as health and education.

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Central Military Commission

What a seating chart reveals about the future of China’s military leadership

Two generals appear near top PLA officers at a high-profile event, signalling their swift rise to fill gaps left by anti-graft campaign.

Hong Kong politics

Editorial | Prospects for Hong Kong are looking up, 29 years after the handover

On the 29th anniversary of the city’s return to China and 105 years since the Communist Party’s founding, President Xi expressed high expectations of Hong Kong and Macau.

A worker installs Chinese national and Hong Kong special administrative region flags in Tsim Sha Tsui, ahead of the 29th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland on June 25. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong politics

Why is Hong Kong holding Communist Party anniversary events? One word: stability

Film screenings, tours and other youth-oriented events planned as experts say high-profile activities now possible after years of suspicion and opposition.

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A resident waves the national flag at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront as Hong Kong celebrates the 29th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule and the 105th anniversary of the Communist Party. Photo: Jelly Tse
Xi Jinping

A model for other states? China’s Xi lauds Communist Party’s global influence

On the 105th anniversary of the ruling party’s founding, Xi Jinping also warns members to stay vigilant and prepare for challenges.

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Hong Kong politics

Communist Party a ‘fundamental safeguard’ of Hong Kong’s prosperity: John Lee

City leader also sets priorities for final year of his tenure during handover and party anniversary celebrations.

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US-China relations

Exclusive | US lawmaker defends calling witness ‘racist’ in explosive China committee clash

Californian congressman says ‘denaturalise’ comments by Michael Lucci, founder of State Armor, are ‘absurd’.

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US Congressman Ro Khanna says “if you’re born in the United States, you can’t be denaturalised” in response to comments by Michael Lucci. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
China's ageing population

As China’s Communist Party grows more slowly, its members are getting older

World’s second-largest political party is ageing, official data shows, with nearly 30 per cent of members aged 61 or older.

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Corruption in China

Just how far are China’s local officials going in falsifying performance data?

The cases are the clearest examples yet of the behaviour Beijing is targeting in its campaign on the ‘correct view of political performance’.

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Crime

Exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for 30 years in US for fraud

A New York judge ordered Guo to forfeit US$889 million in restitution, saying he ‘preyed on those seeking to bring Democracy to China’.

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Fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui in New York in 2018. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / TNS
Corruption in China

What goes on inside the 10-week ideology camp for China’s top military brass

According to state media, Xi personally decided to launch the exercise, which lasted 10 weeks and involved hundreds of officers.

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The goal of the training camp was to make sure that senior military officials know “which red lines must never be crossed, which bottom lines must never be breached”. Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

Open Questions | Nie Huihua on non-Westernness of Chinese government and challenge to innovation

Harvard-trained professor examines the tension between strengthening centralised control and encouraging local enthusiasm.

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China's State Administration for Market Regulation

Open Questions | Ex-Harvard Chinese author on why West doesn’t get China

Nie Huihua, economist trained in the West, explains why viewing China’s development through a Western lens misses the full picture.

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China-UK relations

UK envoy visits Yanan, historic party site rarely seen by Western officials

Peter Wilson also goes to the village where Xi Jinping spent years in hard labour during Cultural Revolution.

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British ambassador to China Peter Wilson and Lu Kang, vice-minister of the Communist Party's International Department visit Yanan in northwestern China on Wednesday. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

China’s US envoy calls for 10-fold rise in tariff-free trade under joint board

Ambassador Xie Feng tells Washington gala many American business friends share his view on direction of US-China Board of Trade.

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Ambassador Xie Feng gives a speech in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: US-China Business Council
Yuan

Shanghai to lead ‘financial superpower’ push as China unveils plan to boost yuan

China’s central bank governor speaks at annual financial forum about further opening repurchase facilities and offshore trading to foreign central banks.

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Xi Jinping

Xi’s thought on governing the party announced as new official doctrine

‘Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building’ emphasises strict discipline, centralised leadership and wiping out corruption.

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